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Synthomer PLC

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 40

  1. Lili Liu 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Ian Tyler 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Roberto Cesar Gualdoni 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Cynthia Smith Dubin 2020-2022 Director View profile
  5. Stephen Guy Bennett 2015-2022 Director View profile
  6. Caroline Ann Johnstone 2015-2025 Director View profile
  7. Calum Grigor Maclean 2015-2021 Director View profile
  8. Brendan Wynne Derek Connolly 2014-2023 Director View profile
  9. Jinya Chen 2012-2017 Director View profile
  10. Just Jansz 2012-2021 Director View profile
  11. Dominique Didier Fournier 2012-2012 Director View profile
  12. Neil Anthony Johnson 2011-2020 Director View profile
  13. Ishbel Jean Stewart Macpherson 2011-2013 Director View profile
  14. Graham Reid Menzies 2009-2010 Director View profile
  15. David Charles Blackwood 2007-2015 Director View profile
  16. Jeremy Kim Maiden 2007-2015 Director View profile
  17. Alexander Archibald Dobbie 2007-2012 Director View profile
  18. Adrian Michael Whitfield 2006-2015 Director View profile
  19. Colin James Williams 2005-2008 Director View profile
  20. Gianni Montezemolo 2001-2005 Director View profile
  21. Peter Scott Wood 2001-2012 Director View profile
  22. John Alan Napier 2000-2000 Director View profile
  23. Richard Hugh Hunting CBE 2000-2009 Director View profile
  24. Sean Vincent Cummins 2000-2007 Director View profile
  25. Michael John Peagram 1998-2007 Director View profile
  26. Peter John Welch 1998-2007 Director View profile
  27. Raja Muhammad Alias 1994-2002 Director View profile
  28. Oi Hian Lee 2009 Director View profile
  29. Alexander Walker 2006 Director View profile
  30. Jan Michael Hessels 2000 Director View profile
  31. Rt Hon Lord Stephen Gordon Catto 2000 Director View profile
  32. Alexander Gordon Catto 2025 Director View profile
  33. LEE, Loy Seng, Tan Sri Dato Seri 1993 Director View profile
  34. Reginald Mason Nelson 1994 Director View profile
  35. Peter Bryan Sawdy 2001 Director View profile
  36. Anthony Euan Richmond-Watson 2009 Director View profile
  37. Richard Atkinson 1998-2022 Secretary View profile
  38. Allister Patrick Mcleish 1998-2000 Secretary View profile
  39. Robert Murray Grant 1997-1997 Secretary View profile
  40. Kenneth Rodney Ferne Bird 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
16/06/1908
Registered office
Essex
Previous names
Yule Catto & CO Public Limited Company (until 04/12/2012)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Synthomer PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

27 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

9 directors on the board

2.7y median 1.9y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (5)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 3Manufacturing 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00098381
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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